Remarks by Melody Ryan
222 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 9
- Play at 33:11
“Did anything change from the last, because when I looked at the last one and the cost, there were, it seemed like there might have been some minor changes, or is this the same as what was last? On the what, from when you were here in August?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 35:02
“I did have a couple other questions that I sent in the email that I don't think we've covered in the water cost of service. The net revenue requirements were different than what is in our budget. So it was like $37.5 million, but our budget is $35. So just that the wastewater matched exactly. So I wasn't sure. Obviously, it's better.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 36:50
“I thought the net revenue requirements was what was being used.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 36:59
“Okay. I thought that was the one we had to use or that was being used as saying this is what we need to... Well, I guess from the net revenue requirement. So I thought that's what we were...”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 37:46
“Okay, that makes sense. Well, because that was one of my questions was, what is this?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 37:56
“So we're phasing it in the study, but we're not actually collecting higher revenue for that in our budget.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 38:15
“I was unsure of the terminology of what was used in this study and how it related to our budget with franchise fee expense and transfer to general fund. And so I was trying to add them up and compare them to the budget to see if I could understand how this is flowing to our budget.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 39:05
“Okay. And then we have cost allocation in the budget. That's the transfer to general fund.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 39:11
“So I was aligning them accurately. Yes. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 39:58
“So I did have another question on the rate coverage with the WIFIA requirements and the 125% and what we need to collect. Because some of the calculations in there were different than what I was understanding how the calculation worked with talking with staff previously, which is always why I like to see it in the numbers and not just describe it. So in there, it looks like the revenue requirements in this plan are higher than what we need for the rate coverage for WIFIA, because we're at 137% or 148%, which is higher than what we need for 125%. So I'm just wondering, is that an opportunity…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 42:31
“Okay. Even though you're meeting that coverage percentage. So using funds from, or using funds from fund balance, like we're going to be using 2.8, 7 or 2.3, somewhere from fund balance towards that. Does that get calculated in the rate coverage or does that get calculated in the revenue?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 43:01
“The debt service for the 125%. Correct, yeah. Correct. But you can use it for your revenue requirement. Correct. Okay. And we have. Clear as mud. Right. Thank you. There are a lot of moving pieces. Yeah. They're all intermixed. Okay. I have a better understanding now. Thank you. You're welcome.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:01:13
“is more substantial and covers everything versus, okay, well, we need to do something that's going to take a year to do that. I'd rather wait the two weeks and get it done first and, you know, and then reevaluate it in a year rather.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:04:24
“Well, I do want an audit provision, and I would like time to... I don't know if this was delivered electronically and I missed it, or... Oh, yeah.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:04:40
“Okay. I mean, some of the things you pointed out I think are important. I guess if they were in a draft before and taken out, then that's one thing. If they were never in the draft originally, you know, like you know, like I think anyone who wants to look at it and have input or whatever, you know, can have time to do so.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“He's got a red line. It already did that. I mean, I don't know, but some of the things I think are critical, you know, and if James thinks I just don't know what else besides the audit. I mean, obviously, Rudy, you felt like a number of these things were critical to go ahead and add.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:07:38
“But I do want to... Are we waiting five years?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:13:46
“Was it everyone's expectations that we were going to see this for the first time and approve it?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:13:58
“I mean, like this draft, because it wasn't... Oh, the draft I proposed. Yeah, because it wasn't included in the agenda last time, and then when I asked about it, there was the desire to... Oh, the mayor did put it on the regular agenda as well, if we...”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:14:17
“Yeah, Rudy's draft is brand new, but I'm just saying this. Two weeks ago, I didn't see Jonathan's draft, so this is new in the last few days.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:14:55
“What were you trying to say? Well, some of the discussion sounds like it was an expectation that we were going to read this for this meeting and approve it tonight and not have any changes. And I'm just wondering if that's a realistic expectation. Like, I would have expected that we would have conversations and that we would have something to change it and that it would possibly make sense to bring back in two weeks. So coming back in two weeks is not outside of my expectations of what we were going to have. and discussing a policy, especially of this magnitude, which we have been discussing…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:17:18
“You're like, what is the deadline that I have to have a draft of something and that's when I'll get it?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026